Food source
THE level of abstraction from paddock to plate is so great that sometimes we lose sight of where all our food comes from. So it’s great to have events like […]
Category Archives: Dining Guide
Great cuisine
IT was the Tuesday night after the long weekend, with fork lightning and thunder ripping open the sky. It was surely a write-off for most restaurants in Perth, but not […]
Going Solo
I’M not a fan of restaurants with gimmicks. There used to be a Buck Rogers Bar in Glasgow, but it was shutdown after a patron had too much to drink […]
Manna time
I NEED to apologise to God. My family and I were so full after dinner at Shesh Besh on Shrove Tuesday, we had no room left for pancakes. My young kids […]
Modern art
THE last time I wore a mask in public, I was dressed as a werewolf and scaring old grannies. It wasn’t a psychotic episode – I was a young child […]
A Thai treat
WE are really blessed here in WA. My good friend Bondy (not related to Alan but James was her dad!) visited from Darwin recently. Wow, a visitor. First stop was […]
Leedy scoop
A COUPLE of Perth entrepreneurs are defying the covid odds to open a new gelateria in Leederville. Ben and Stacy Lawrence launched their first Swan River Gelato in Fremantle in […]
Tasty diversion
MY family and I were en route to a pizzeria in Mount Lawley when my wife spotted a funky cafe with bright murals and South American music playing. We couldn’t […]
Top refurb
THIS week I made a rare venture outside Voiceland to check out the refurbished Como Hotel. In recent years the old art deco building has started to looked a bit […]
Old friend
SOMETIMES it’s good to revisit old favourites to see if they’re still holding their own. Siena’s of Leederville has been an Italian institution for donkey’s years, and when we went […]
